Hi Martin,
Lewin's Rail has an accelerating "kek-kek-kek" call..... sounds like it
might be a possibility.
Tom
wrote:
A question for Townsville birdos regarding cryptic garden crakes.
Whilst staying in Townsville before heading out to Paluma the house garden
(below Castle Hill) had a number of new birds for me. Most were eventually
identified but a crake of some sort had me mystified.
It started calling late in the day and never showed itself. The call was a
'ik. ik, ik..' or similar, was often responded to by a nearby bird of the
same species and reminded me of the crake calls I've heard in Victorian
wetlands. The house garden had dense small shrubs and was adjacent to a
salt water pool.
Any thoughts on the likely species?
Martin O'Brien
Melbourne
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